Aleksandar Petrovic’s team fights to advance to third place in Group B
OR Brazil was defeated 86-73 by Germany in the second round of the basketball dispute Paris Olympics and will decide the quarterfinal standings only in the last match of Group C, against Japan. Germany and France, who also beat the Japanese on Tuesday, are already classified in the group, but the format of the Olympic competition reserves. Places in the quarterfinals for the two best third-placed teams.
German Dennis Schroder, star of the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA, was the scorer of the game, with 20 points. Among the Brazilians, the one who scored the most was Yago Santos, with 18.
The beginning of the match indicated German dominance. With many offensive errors and little effectiveness in defense, Brazil showed limitations in their movements and never took the lead in the first quarter. Thus, Schroder and his teammates had an easy time building a good lead of 24-10 in the first quarter.
After a terrible start, the team showed great improvement in the second period, presenting a more intense game. The partnership between Yago and Bruno Caboclo managed to insert the team into a new rotation to gradually close the gap. In evidence against France, Léo Mendl remained timid, but names like Benite and Gui Santos were good at three-point shooting to build the reaction. Brazil managed to turn the situation around, but the period ended with a 40-40 tie.
The third quarter is already full of swings for Petrovic’s team. Led by Schroder, Germany once again took the lead, taking advantage of moments of Brazilian defensive lack of organization.
There was hope of at least trying to tie the game when the score was 51 to 44 for the Germans and Leo Mendl, in addition to suffering a foul, scored a three-pointer. The action ended up yielding five points, with Mendl missing the free throw and Lucas Dias rebounding to reduce the gap on the scoreboard to 51 to 49, but the reaction stopped there and the period ended with a 60 to 51 advantage for the Europeans. In the last quarter, Brazil was much less competitive than in the previous two periods and ended up defeated 86 to 73.
Source: Terra
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